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Feed yourself with a free cookbook from Korg and the electronic music and synth community
Here’s a different sort of compilation and synth collaboration – KORG Germany in Berlin invited the likes of Joan La Barbara, Suzanne Ciani, Alva Noto, Dave Smith, and a lot of us relative newcomers, too, to make a cookbook. And it’s free to download.
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Uganda’s Afrorack goes from modular synths to a DIY disinfectant; more efforts worldwide
Brian Bamanya made a name making DIY modular synths, but now he’s applying voltage to another task – making sodium hypochlorite (aka bleach). Science! That joins a growing number of efforts of DIYers turning to fight the pandemic head-on.
Peter Kirn - April 7, 2020
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s EDM track reminds us of the joy of sampling
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America? continues its epic troll of US society. And since Spinal Tap predates laptop production, we instead get a Hudson Mohawke tribute to sampling.
The 808 just got its own hipster IPA beer in London
Peter Kirn - August 8, 2018
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Lords of Synth is an epic parody from Adult Swim
Peter Kirn - May 4, 2016
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Watch James Horner Play Piano, Talk Overnight ‘Aliens’ Climax
Peter Kirn - June 24, 2015
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This Movie About EDM DJing Is Apparently Not A Joke
Peter Kirn - May 20, 2015
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